Foreword by Lee Snyder     11
Series Editor’s Preface by Ray C. Gingerich     13
Editor’s Preface by Nancy V. Lee     15
Introduction by Richard (Dick) Benner     17

Part I: Making a Difference Through Church Leadership

Robert Earl Alley    23
A Journey in Formation, Re-formation, and Trans-formation 

Martin Lehman    45
My Faith Journey: From Youthful Conformist to Senior Nonconformist

Fred W. Swartz    69
Listening to God’s Word in Every Step

Part II: Making a Difference Through Educational Leadership

Beryl H. Brubaker    93
Filling Many Roles in One Special Place 

Joseph L. Lapp    119
Joining the Family Business: By Birthright, by Choice, and by Divine Call

W. Robert McFadden    145
My Journey as a Thinker, Scholar, and Teacher 

Lee M. Yoder    169
From Farming to a Life of Educational Leadership

Part III: Making a Difference Through Leadership Abroad

Douglas (Doug) Hostetter    195
My God Was Too Small: God Is Bigger Than We Think 

Paul Swarr    213
Laborers Together with God 

Richard (Rick) Yoder    237
Redeeming the Assets of the Empire 

Part IV: Making a Difference Through Leadership in Unexpected Ways

Richard (Dick) Benner    259
Moments of Grace 

Lawrence H. (Larry) Hoover    283
Mediation and Peacebuilding: Ways to Make a Difference 

Allon H. Lefever    303
My Life Journey: Business as a Calling 

Peggy B. Shenk    327
From the Home of an Evangelist to a Desk in EMU’s Presidential Suite

Shirley H. Showalter    353
Why Writing Memoirs Is Hard . . .and Why You Should Do It Anyway

Appendix: Vernon E. Jantzi     365
The Editors     371